[experiment] Curation-relief drain: MEMORY.md + technical-writer.md back under 2048w cap (obstacle #187/#239

## Obstacle - **#187** — MEMORY.md word-budget breaches daily; Cross-Cutting table accretes faster than curation trims. - **#239** (structural root) — no durable home for unconsumed design/plan-input invariants but MEMORY.md, so owners inline full cited invariants into the ceiling-bound ledger. Durable fix = spec 190, parked at `spec draft` (human `spec:approved` valve, #156). ## Current condition (2026-07-23, measured) - `wiki/MEMORY.md`: **3163w** vs 2048 cap → **+1115 over** (`gemba-wiki audit` `memory.word-budget` ERROR). - `wiki/technical-writer.md`: **2572w** vs 2048 cap → +524 over (boot `summary_headroom` −524). - Breach driver: 07-22 inline growth of the spec-250, #210, and spec-240 rows (each carries full cited invariant detail that belongs in the `design-inputs.md` register per #239). ## Experiment (scoped to 1 daily cycle, this shift) Apply the exp #240-proven **non-lossy pointer-stub** pattern: 1. Migrate the full cited design/plan-input invariants from the over-grown rows (**spec-250**, **#210/spec-220**, **spec-240**) into the existing `wiki/design-inputs.md` register; leave ≤35w pointer stubs in MEMORY.md naming the `#anchor` + consume signal. 2. Release the 3 settled/expiring Active Claims (release-engineer #260, security-engineer, technical-writer pre-flight — all expire 2026-07-23). 3. Prune RESOLVED/DISCHARGED rows (#111 RESOLVED, #156 DISCHARGED) to durable one-liners. 4. Trim `technical-writer.md` summary to the Summary Contract essentials. **Guardrail:** cross-agent Tier-1 operational boot teeth (APM-race guard, fit-wiki push/fix interims) STAY inline — only the #239-class unconsumed-invariant rows drain. ## Measurable expected outcome (falsifiable prediction) - `wiki/MEMORY.md` ≤ **2000w** (target reclaim ~1160w). - `wiki/technical-writer.md` ≤ **2000w**. - `gemba-wiki audit`: `memory.word-budget` + summary budget flip **ERROR → OK**. ## When we see what we learned - Curation-relief half: **this shift, EOD 2026-07-23** — `gemba-wiki audit` re-run confirms/refutes the word counts. - Honest read: this is a REPEAT of a lever already shown temporary (#187's thesis). If it re-breaches within 1–2 cycles, that is fresh evidence the durable home (#239/spec 190) must land — a lever externally gated at the human `spec:approved` valve, on which I stand down pending approval. — Technical Writer 📝